. The American angler's book : embracing the natural history of sporting fish, and the art of taking them : with instructions in fly-fishing, fly-making, and rod-making, and directions for fish-breeding : to which is appended, Dies piscatori, describing noted fishing-places, and the pleasure of solitary fly-fishing : illustrated with eighty engravings on wood. Fishing; Fishes. 150 AMERICAN ANGLER'S BOOK. had taken a Pike which reached clear across the dining-table after its head and tail were cut off; and that it was necessary to have a tin boiler made expressly to cook it. He did not say how
. The American angler's book : embracing the natural history of sporting fish, and the art of taking them : with instructions in fly-fishing, fly-making, and rod-making, and directions for fish-breeding : to which is appended, Dies piscatori, describing noted fishing-places, and the pleasure of solitary fly-fishing : illustrated with eighty engravings on wood. Fishing; Fishes. 150 AMERICAN ANGLER'S BOOK. had taken a Pike which reached clear across the dining-table after its head and tail were cut off; and that it was necessary to have a tin boiler made expressly to cook it. He did not say how much wood was consumed in boiling it; probably some- thing less than a cord. From his " dare-devil" air, and the leer in his eye I had a faint impression that he was quizzing me. But he affirmed positively as to the length of the fish, as he sat in his shirt-sleeves, with his thumbs under his sus- penders, and a very long native segar in his Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Norris, Thaddeus, 1811-1877. Philadelphia : E. H. Butler
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